Title Quantitative health research : issues and methods / edited by Elizabeth A. Curtis and Jonathan Drennan

Published Maidenhead, Berkshire, England : McGraw-Hill Education, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 412 pages) : illustrations Contents Quantitative Health Research Issues and methods; Quantitative Health ResearchIssues and methods; Praise for this book; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of tables; Introduction; PART 1 Philosophy, theory, research problems and research questions; 1 Philosophical basis for research; 2 The importance and use of social theory inhealth care research; 3 Identifying research priorities; 4 Writing research questions and hypotheses; PART 2 Ethical considerations; 5 Ethical principles in health care research; 6 Communicating with research ethics committees 7 Recruiting samples from vulnerable populationsPART 3 Quantitative research designs; 8 Designing and conducting quantitative research studies; 9 Sampling issues in health care research; 10 Planning and conducting surveys; 11 Quasi-experimental and retrospective pretest designs for health care research; 12 Audit in health care; 13 Evaluation research; PART 4 Measurement and datacollection; 14 Using cognitive interviewing in healthcare research; 15 Questionnaires and instruments for health care research; 16 Issues and debates in validity and reliability; PART 5 Analysing and presenting data 17 Understanding probability18 Analysing data from small and large samples and non-normal and normaldistributions; 19 Secondary data analysis; 20 Presenting your research findings; Index; Advert; Backcover Summary This text, edited by a well respected team at TCD, addresses the need for a book covering the practicalities of doing quantitative research as part of professional practice, in a field where many texts either cover qualitative and quantitative research together or focus on qualitative methods Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Medicine -- Research -- Methodology Health -- Research -- Methodology Quantitative research -- Methodology Biomedical Research -- methods Biomedical Research -- ethics POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Health -- Research -- Methodology Medicine -- Research -- Methodology Form Electronic book Author Curtis, Elizabeth A., editor Drennan, Jonathan, editor ISBN 9780335245741 0335245749

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